Something suspicious is going on in Cinnamon Grove...Auntie Urooj, world-famous beetle expert, is lonely and Ramzi and his friend Shaima Stalk think they have the perfect solution - a suitor from Truly Deeply Muslims online marriage agency! But smooth-talking Rasheed is not all he seems. He cheats at Monopoly, for a start...It's time for the Black Cat Detectives to do some serious sleuthing! But can they rescue Auntie Urooj and her Long-Horned Capricorn Beetle before it's too late?A funny exciting mystery story from the author of A Hen in the Wardrobe. Views: 11
Everyone has latent desires, but how many act upon them? In this latest installment in the Darker Passions series, Nancy Kilpatrick takes on Oscar Wilde, resulting in a fabulously decadent tale of highly personal changes. One young man finds his most secret desires laid bare by a portrait far more revealing than he could have imagined.... Views: 11
The conventional narrative concerning religious terrorism inside the United States says that the first salvo occurred in 1993, with the first attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. We too often believe that religious terrorism is solely the domain of Islamic extremists and that since the devastating attack on September 11, 2001, these radicals continue to plot against U.S. targets while hiding in remote locations in North Africa and the Middle East. This narrative has motivated more than a decade of wars, and re-prioritized America's domestic security and law enforcement agenda. But the conventional narrative is wrong.But a different group of jihadists exists within US borders. This group has a long but hidden history, is outside the purview of public officials and has an agenda as apocalyptic as anything Al Qaeda has to offer. These jihadists have stockpiled weapons, even tanks, and plotted chemical attacks that could have killed thousands of people. Yet few even recognize, much less acknowledge, their existence.Radical sects of Christianity have inspired some of the most grotesque acts of violence in American history: the 1963 Birmingham Church bombing that killed four young girls; the Mississippi Burning” murders of three civil rights workers in 1964; the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968, the Atlanta Child Murders in the late 1970s; and the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995.The Secret Jihad uses these crimes to tell a story that has not been told before.For five decades, the American public has overlooked a hidden agenda behind some of the most shocking acts of domestic terrorism in the nation's history pointing fingers at Muslim extremism when radical Christianity is truly to blame. A combination of sincere ignorance, blind incompetence, and outright deceit by America's law enforcement agencies has prevented the nation from honestly confronting its long-term experience with religious terrorism fueled by the radical Christian worldview.In The Secret Jihad, Stuart Wexler paints a picture of Christian extremism and domestic terrorism as it has never before been portrayed. Expanding upon the author's ground-breaking work on the Martin Luther King, Jr. murder as well as the Birmingham bombing tragedy, and through the use of extensive documentation, never-before-released interviews, and a re-interpretation of major events, expose the influence of the Christian Identity religious worldview on white supremacist organizations. Views: 11
She doesn’t want a guardian . . . Lady Isabelle Montgomery wants to be left alone to play her flute and talk to Giselle, the guardian angel only she can see. Because Isabelle manages her brother’s estate finances, her greedy stepmother and selfish stepsisters continually harass her for fancy clothes and a season in London. For reasons she refuses to share, Isabelle has no desire to go to London. Unexpectedly, the Duke of Avon announces that he is her temporary guardian while her brother, the Earl of Stratford, has gone abroad. This complication annoys Isabelle who thinks the duke is thoroughly irritating. So why can’t she stop thinking about him? And why does Giselle keep telling her about a dark prince? He doesn’t want a ward . . . John Saint-Germain, the Duke of Avon, wants nothing to do with wards or stepfamilies. The duke suffered a moment’s weakness and promised the earl that he would watch over his sister, including sponsoring Isabelle and her stepsisters into society. And then John meets his stubborn, outspoken, thoroughly irritating ward. Her fiery beauty and independent spirit attract him. Is he falling in love? If only she’d stop talking to that imaginary friend. Their enemies want to destroy them . . . Both John and Isabelle have enemies who join forces to plot against them. John will brave any danger to protect Isabelle and his family. Even if it means seeing with his heart and believing in the impossible. Views: 11
Merciless Ride...Mercy is no friend of mine. Karma, she has yet to show kindness to me.The hits just keep on coming for Tessie Marie Harlow. She has never had an easy life. Her mom disabled, her dad long gone, and a single mom raising a rambunctious little boy, that’s Tessie’s world.Her childhood aspirations to be a nurse long since disappeared after a college spring fling both blessed and burdened her with a baby boy. Dropping out of school, she returns to her hometown and begins to settle in. Getting the only job she could as a bartender she spends her days caring for her son and nights serving the Hellions Motorcycle Club and their affiliates.Tired of waiting for Rex to grow up she’s faced with the bane existence of her life until one night changes everything. In the darkest hour of her merciless ride through life, she’s saved by a quiet, laid back Hellion.Andy ‘Shooter’ Jenkins has always been around. Too wrapped in Rex she’s never really noticed him before. He has never been loud or known to have the girls hanging all over him. He is a mystery. A chance encounter brings him to her rescue not once but twice.The Desert Ghosts Motorcycle Club are in town and bring their own brand of chaos right to Tessie’s door. Forced into her day to day life, Shooter is doing everything he can to shelter and protect her as lines are crossed and a war between two clubs begins.Secrets revealed putting two brothers in the Hellions Motorcycle Club at a serious crossroads in their lives.This is not a ride for pleasure. This is not a ride for safety. This is not a ride for love. This is a ride for survival. Mercy has never once shined her grace down for these two, but in the midst of the danger and lies can they learn to rely on one another and ride it out together?This book contains strong language, strong ****** situations, violence and is not suitable for readers under the age of 18. Please do not buy if any of this offends you. This is a work of fiction and is not meant to be a true or exact depiction of a motorcycle club but rather a book meant to entertain. Views: 11
Humanity was nearly wiped out when a series of global disasters struck, but pockets of survivors have managed to thrive and are starting to rebuild society. Peyton lives with others in what used to be a factory. When her adopted father is murdered by Scavengers, she is determined to bring justice to those who took him away from her. She didn't count on meeting Nixie. Nixie is one of the few people born with the ability to dowse for water with her body. In a world where safe water is hard to come by, she's a valuable tool to her people. When she's taken by Peyton, they'll do anything to get her back. As the tension between the groups reaches critical max, Peyton is forced to make a decision: give up the girl she's learned to love, or risk the lives of those she's responsible for. Views: 11
With Prince Taurian seriously wounded and barely conscious after his fight with a rival dragon, Karla knows he needs to enter the Mesmer to heal. Trouble is, she knows nothing about the magical ritual. Can she figure it out and devise a plan to save them before their enemy returns?
Healing the Dragon is part 4 in the Dragon Ruins paranormal romance serial set in a small outback town in modern day Australia.
This serial is now COMPLETE. The reading order is:
Waking the Dragon
Dressing the Dragon
Bedding the Dragon
Healing the Dragon
Denying the Dragon
Mating the Dragon
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Bill the SEAL and Jane the starship captain head to distant worlds to create a NATO of the Stars that will fight against the slave-taking Aliens who attacked Earth. They get a shock when a slave ship in the new system boasts to them that a giant fleet is being gathered to attack Earth again! More shock happens when Jane and Bill take their ship Blue Sky on a covert intel mission to the enemy's star system. Thirty-five battleship-level starships have been gathered to attack Earth. The enemy commander is a hybrid of a cobra and a gorilla. Death Leader is his name and he aims to turn Earth into a radioactive cinder! Can Bill and Jane find a way to sabotage the enemy fleet? Can they build a fleet to defend their home world? Amidst battles above Jupiter, thousands die and ships explode. The fate of seven billion people is at stake! Views: 11
She's pregnant on his doorstep in this novel from USA TODAY bestselling author Janice Maynard Workaholic Cassidy Corelli was a virgin...until her one night with Gavin Kavanagh. Now the daughter of a Vegas mogul has two little problems--the twins she's carrying! When her father disowns her, she's left with only one place to go--back to Gavin. But the millionaire's been burned before. He wants a paternity test. Until then, he's determined to keep this woman out of his bed--for his own good. But once he's enjoyed a perfect passion, can a starving man deny himself one more taste? Views: 11
Every Patek is born with a special talent. Thea's is weaving the destiny of each new life before it enters Emerald Hills. The Greek Fates once did this, before the world's population exploded. Now, it's Thea who combines colored threads into patterns that form a bookmark for each new soul—its journey through life—before she ties its final knot. The bookmarks hang in her barn, protected from mortals. But when someone manages to enter her studio and unties the knot at the end of a bookmark, that act rips the threads back until a person dies before his allotted time. How did someone get past the golden glow that prohibits mortals from tampering with destiny, and who'd do such a thing? To Thea's surprise, she has an unlikely ally in her quest for answers—the ghost of her ex-husband, Gabe—the man she still loves, despite what had been a difficult marriage. Desperate to reconnect with his ghost and to discover who is tampering with destiny, Thea and her family... Views: 11
**Meet the ordinary people who lived through the reign of Bloody Mary **
**The Judas Pledge** Lord Richard Summerville thinks Bethany will make him a good wife. He wants someone who will agree to follow his Catholic faith and give him an heir. She is willing to set aside her own beliefs for what he offers, but she has no idea how hard it will be to support her Catholic husband when Mary becomes Queen and her family are persecuted.
**The Flawed Mistress** Lady Rachel Stewart is Richard’s mistress, a woman who turns heads with her beauty. But following horrific childhood abuse, her beauty has always been a burden and her poverty leaves her at the mercy of unscrupulous men. Richard is different; he befriends her, gives her a life of comfort. This is the real story of Rachel and her role in the lives of Richard and Bethany.
**The Viscount's Birthright** When Robert's estranged father dies, he looks forward to inheriting his estate and marrying Camilla. His plans are thwarted when he learns that his father has willed his estate to him only if he marries his ward, Antonia. Neither one of them wants to be homeless and penniless, and they decide to work through their differences, but their blossoming love is ruined when Antonia becomes ill and suspects Robert of poisoning her, so as to have his wealth as well as Camilla.
**Betrayal** Adrian Kennington is content to marry Frances, who has been raised with him to one day be his bride. His plans are shattered when his brother confesses that he and Frances are in love and wish to marry. Adrian helps them to elope to the Americas and sets out to find experience on the streets of London, where he meets Marianne. She is the daughter of a tavern keeper who is selling her virginity to the highest bidder. It is Adrian who sees her first and takes her away. He rents rooms where she can live as his mistress but he is an earl and cannot marry Marianne, a fact he neglects to mention. A match is arranged with Elizabeth, who comes with her own past. Her former betrothed, Elliot Sinclair, betrayed his entire Protestant family to the Catholic authorities and they are all arrested and executed. She is always afraid that, while Mary reigns, another such event will mar her life. When the Queen commands Adrian to help hunt down Protestants, he has little choice if he does not want to put himself and his family in danger.
**The Heretics** Julia is Bethany's elder sister, a maiden married for a minor title in return for her generous dowry. But Sir Geoffrey Winterton's preference is not for women and, in her unhappiness, Julia turns to Richard for comfort. Before she can tell him their afternoon of passion has born fruit, he proposes marriage to her sister and Julia must escape. She meets Charles Carlisle, a farmer, with whom she falls in love and together they help hundreds of Protestants to escape to France. They are happy together, despite the reduction in lifestyle, until the night Julia is discovered and arrested for heresy and treason.
**Consequences** Mary is dead and the Protestant population of England look forward to the reign of Elizabeth. Richard must decide if he still has a future with the wife who betrayed him but who he still loves. They vow to put the past behind them and start again, but it is harder than it seems when that past rears up to hurt those children.
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